Report: Jets to Rent Broncos Exec Darren Mougey as new GM

After deciding on former Jets cornerback Aaron Glenn as their new head coach simply a few day in the past, the Jets have reportedly picked their subsequent GM in Broncos exec Darren Mougey.  This, in line with NFL insider Josina Anderson.  The report is but to be confirmed by the crew.

A former faculty quarterback who backed up Vikings coach Kevin ‘O Connell at San Diego State earlier than shifting to extensive receiver.  He would have a few transient stints within the NFL with the Falcons and Cardinals as a wideout earlier than really fizzling out.

Mougey has been with the Broncos in a wide range of roles for over a decade.  Employed by former Broncos nice John Elway to work as a scouting intern.  He would work his means as much as scouting assistant in 2013 and earlier than taking over the function of professional personnel scout one 12 months earlier than being elevated to an space scout.  It was a life he admitted he missed dwelling when talking with DenverBroncos.com again in 2022.

“Having come up in the building as an intern, having done pro scouting and then getting on the road as an area scout and then over the top scout and really growing through the college ranks, I definitely have an appreciation and a different perspective now in the seat that I’m at for those college guys, having gone through that,”

After 5 years working the highway, Mougey was promoted to the crew’s director of school scouting.  The next season, upon including George Paton as their GM, Mougey was promoted as soon as once more, this time to director of participant personnel the place he would oversee each the faculty and professional scouting sides of the home.

Paton mentioned it was watching Mougey work on the Senior Bowl that made him stand out in his eyes, telling DenverBroncos.com that “His organizational skills, his detail, his ability to manage people. He had a great feel, obviously, for the draft. He was on the college side. I thought he was one of the better evaluators I’ve been around. And so he shined quickly. I thought we had a really good staff when I got here, but he stood out.”

Now in coming to the Jets, Gang Inexperienced is hoping Mougey will stand out at 1 Jets Drive as effectively.  There are many key choices on the horizon for the first-time GM.  What to do with Aaron Rodgers.  If he stays, are you able to afford to do it together with his new deal of ought to Mougey insist on one other pay lower?

Then in fact there’s the Garrett Wilson challenge.  One of many recreation’s most dynamic younger receivers who appeared to bitter on the thought of being a Jet for the long-term.  And what about Sauce Gardner and Breece Corridor?  Each eligible for extensions this low season.

There can be these choices and lots extra for Mougey to decide on as he prepares to indicate he’s prepared for the duty of constructing an NFL contender.

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Glenn was Born within the Bronx, New York and has adopted the Jets religiously regardless of being stationed in a number of completely different international locations and time zones around the globe. He now resides in England and has been a JetNation member since 2005. Glenn will bleed inexperienced with the remainder of us by the highs and lows.